Pearl River advances in Juco baseball playoffs

POPLARVILLE - Sophomore right-hander Ryan Deemes weathered a rough start, thanks to help from the Pearl River offense, as the Wildcats drubbed Itawamba 11-4 Sunday afternoon in the MACJC baseball state playoffs at Wildcat Stadium.

PRCC's 14th consecutive victory completed a sweep of the best-of-three series and advanced the Wildcats (38-10) to the MACJC State Tournament, which they will host next weekend. Itawamba completed its season at 23-22.

The Indians jumped on Deemes, who won Saturday's series opener in relief, for four runs in the first two innings before the Wildcats got going.

Sophomore Forrest Dungan's solo home run in the bottom of the second started PRCC on the comeback trail, and the Wildcats took the lead for good with four runs in the third. Nathan Pugh's three-run home run in the sixth inning capped another four-run rally and put the game out of reach.

Deemes (9-2) settled down and pitched seven innings, allowing five hits in all, and no runs after the second. Brandon Fry pitched the final two innings in relief. Ben Hudspeth (7-4) took the loss for Itawamba.

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Pearl River advances in Juco baseball playoffs

POPLARVILLE - Sophomore right-hander Ryan Deemes weathered a rough start, thanks to help from the Pearl River offense, as the Wildcats drubbed Itawamba 11-4 Sunday afternoon in the MACJC baseball